just picked up new 520 chain and sprockets gonna throw em on soon. anyone runnin 520 ???? anyone break em hows the clip style masters hold up??

 

i got the cheapest 520 in the world on right now, its been fine so far.. lol

 

ive had 520's on almost every bike ive ever owned and only time i ever had a clip break was because i reused it twice lol. so moral of the story is if you take your chain off dont be cheap and buy a new clip master.

 

As long as you put the master on right, it'll be fine.

 

yeah its an ek srx pritty cheap thats good thow thanks guys.

 

Weird question,,,Nope never broke a chain or a master on any street chain

 

ive broken a few make sure u keep em lubed up lol

 

520 chain all day, on everything.

 

I run 520 no problems

 

what ever chain you run just remember to change the master clip once every year. Let mine go for 4 years and it broke on me in a seat stander. 50cent part ended up putting a hole in my motor!

 

masters are fine as long as you rivet them correctly

i have a 520 on my 636 and its fine and its been through hell and back

 

Still no point in not putting on a new master... a few times a year its a part thats really cheap and can save you alot of pain and money if it never fails..

 

ive broke a cheap 520 but it wasnt the master that broke ,it was a cheap *** chain ,if u get one with a high tensile strength u should be good

 

definitely ALWAYS replace the master link when you remove it. I've never taken one off just to replace it, but if I have a reason to remove my chain, I put a NEW link on!

I use clip style links. But I also still run 525 (still on stock front sprocket, no reason to change my chain size)

I even run a cheap KMC chain from ebay, oversized to fit my 60t sprocket, was $68 shipped for a 525 o-ring 120link chain! Been running it 10k and it still looks new!



Only master link I've ever broke, was one I reused. I reused it twice, then when I was 100 miles from home on a 140 mile 1 way trip, the master link started coming out. Luckly I heard it as I was leaving a gas station, and pulled over and saw it. Got trucked the rest of the way

 

i always go with 525 or 530. i dont see the need for a 520 unless you are racing. unsprung rotating schmotating mass doesnt matter to me. i like durability. with a 520 the chain is thiner, lighter, and weaker. same goes for the sprockets. i have busted teeth on sprockets and i have friends who have as well. and u cant go wrong with the rivet link. no chance of the clip coming off.

 

+1 530 lasts forever!!!

 

I like 520 chains.. To me bigger = Stronger = better..

But.. I recommend anyone that doesnt Rivet there chain master link to put a cpl Paper clips in there " Tool Bag" under there seat.. Just my $.02 -

After co-running a Motoryccle shop and talking w/ customers and hearing alot of storys.. I would deffinitly want a paper clip if my clip ever broke

( you can rig a clip out of a paper clip- duh)

Might sound stupid but.. You tell me when your looking for your chain & master clip on the side of the road.

 

Just snapped mine last week but it was my own fault, i changed my back sprocket from a 60 to a 49 and i had to rejoin my chain with one of these new soft rivet links instead of a split link, anyway i didnt tighten up the chain enough and it snapped at the rivet link after about 30 mins riding. Need to get a new chain now, im not gona put the old one back on.

 

i run a 520 on pretty much all my bikes. and i use the clip on master, but i replace it "just in case" when ever its removed. my buddy runs 520 with clip on master, but he always puts a little jb weld over the clip part on the master (since he had one pop off, even though i just think it wasnt snaped in all the way).

 

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